Don't dip your toes in this river! An unbelievable day of fishing for ferocious muskie and northern pike! The river had just receded from spring floods and a fresh crop of fish had moved in below the spillway, and they were looking to eat!
Gear used on this trip:
Lure: Savage Gear 4Play 8" amzn.to/3Lcsh4v
Rod: St Croix BassX 7'1" MH F amzn.to/3ZVhKit
Reel: Shimano SLX DC amzn.to/3yrkrfV
Line: Power Pro Super Slick V2 30lb amzn.to/3T8zCEf
Leader: Berkley 30lb 6" amzn.to/3LdcuCS
Net: Ozark Trail brand from Walmart
Finally a fishing video where its not just people shouting for 12 minutes for the intro and this guy starts in the first 30 seconds.
Bro you have Walter Hartwell White as your pfp you can not complain about gen z mfs lol
Check out the rest of his videos ! Very calm and straight to the point! No screaming at all
Why does everyone need to point that out?
Refreshing, isn't it?
@@dlgraber9146 Because it's rare, and it's special... I'm down to a handful of fishing channels but NDYak is never going anywhere on my subs list.
As an avid Muskie fisherman, I watched this video with my jaw on the floor! Matt, you caught more skis in one outing than some catch in a full season! That is one of those days that will stick in your memory forever. Lucky you had a camera rolling cuz some people might not have believed ya. Excellent video as always.
Yeah I think this one trip I caught more muskie than the entire previous season, pretty much doubled my lifetime catch number spending a few days fishing there!
@@ndyakangler go to royalton damn there is a 50 lb muskie down there,
Nah this dude catches muskie all the time, i dont know where he lives but im trying to find out
@@asnd..8349I’m a little late but I believe north dakota ! he usually sometimes states thats where he’s fishing, it always amazes me how many damn monsters he pulls out of that river he goes to. I love this content
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Muskie, the fish of 10,000 casts, and Matt gets one on three straight casts. And 8 total. Amazing! Thanks for taking us along! It was awesome.
His second fish was a pike.
Sweet but there probably a couple casts in between
That spillway fishing trip deserves to be in the Fishing Hall of Fame! Incredible brother! ♥
Yes great words 👏 🙌 hall of fame 🎣
picked a gret day and the perch lure is driving them crazy.
I have yet to knowingly catch a muskie. But I have seen an albino tiger muskie caught. That was a sight
Spillways are prime fishing.
8 muskies from shore in one day is literally insane. That spillway is magic.
....and so is the editing. Every cast a Muskie or Northern 🙄
@@Buce-ku9vxyeah you want like a 7 hour unedited video bro?
You know a channel has top-notch content when you can keep a video like THIS in the hopper for almost a year.
Haha. I was thinking the same thing! Can't believe he sat on this for a month! I'd be trumpeting this to everyone who would listen.
@@Jetrojack04 Nah, he saved it for Spring content so he can start the season with a bangin video. Saves time editing and more time fishing. Ideally, getting ahead on content is the goal.
I just thought you should know I am a high school biology teacher, and I run a fishing club at my school. We watch a lot of fishing videos and my students really enjoy yours. As a teacher, I appreciate you not swearing, lol. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Matt! Watching your videos is a real treat. Sorry about the broken lure. You have great manners and a pleasant way of narrating 😊Please keep up the great work!
I've commented this several times, but you have the best channel out there. It's so relaxed and real and calm. Exactly what fishing should be. Good job man!!
Bob Ross with a fishing rod
@@johnrickards1908 100% and it's amazing
I agree, just good fishing! I'm not a fan of the loud and crazy antics
That certainly has to be some kind of record, 8 big muskie landed and one that got off and 3 or 4 nice size pike, AWESOME! What a fantastic day of fishing and you had the entire bank to yourself! Thank you so much Matt for sharing this wonderful adventure with us and keep up the great content!
"Bank to yourself?" Not any more😂🤣😂
@@johnrickards1908 Haha! Right?😅🤦🏼♂️
OMG! My father would be so jealous of this. For many years he would go up north and over probably 20 years only caught two. Thanks for allowing us to see this amazing day. P.S. I sent this to my father to watch too! 👍
Lots of musky content on my channel from Wisconsin 👍
@@justkeepcastingI will have to check that one out too!!! Update: Just subscribed 👍
@@coloradohrfishinadventures6028 much appreciated!! 🙏👍
Days like these are truly special! Back in 2006, I went out on an early November day, lake to myself, and I found a small patch of weed line that was still green. The patch was about 150yds long and the muskies were just stacked along those weeds looking to ambush everything! 12 muskies came to my line that day. 12! Like you, I needed someone to pinch me because I knew that this was "impossible" and nearly unbelievable. I did not end my day with a broken lure, thankfully, but I witnessed one of the most breathtaking sunsets of my lifetime as a bonus! I have never had a day like that since. I've gone out on similar days with similar conditions, but the best I've been able to do under those efforts of duplication is 3. You had an amazing day there, no doubt! Hope you have another real soon! Snow is being stubborn, but spring is working its way north!
There’s a spot similar to that on a reservoir I fish and I’ve found muskie and lots of pike there along the remaining green weeds in the fall!
Another great video Matt. You caught more Muskies in this video than I’ve seen in life.😂 stay safe.
That is insane man! Catching 8 musky in one spot in one session is epic!! Worth the sacrifice for sure!
Great movie. No advertisement. No Bla Bla. Just descent fishing 👍greetz from Germany
It's official, you're THE musky guy. you have literally caught more musky in 1 video than some KZheadrs in their whole career without trolling with multiple rods or using dead/live bait.
COTD!
if he wasnt fishing this spot that most definitely wouldnt have happened either. Fishing big lakes is a totally different game then fishing a damn where they stack up especially when migrating to spawn like in many river systems
Been doing specifically muskies from shore on my YT channel for 5 years 🤷♂️ lots of videos and content, but no where near as many subs as this guy LOL. Algorithm hates me.
@@justkeepcasting nobody is as good as ndyakangler so your not the only one
Been following for years. Always a must watch. That many Muskees in one day is incredible.
I always appreciate your calm demeanor, even if your heart is pounding like crazy.
You said it best at the end. What an epic day! Most people won't catch 8 muskies in a season, and here you do that in a single day. Just incredible. What a pleasure to watch! Thanks for sharing.
Love your videos. Gives me something interesting to watch while recovering from surgery. Will be in your neck of the woods this fall and would love to spend a day fishing with you.
Never seen so many beautiful quality fish let alone musky caught in a short period of time. Great job. Awesome video
Have 3 different vids on my channel - 4 muskies in an hour and 3 muskies in 30 minutes. Spillways, dams, and rivers can be wild 👍
No words, thanks for sharing with us. Right place, right time, right fisherman. This will be a lifetime memory for you…enjoy!
This has got to be the greatest fishing spot in the world. To land that many sizable Muskie bank fishing from one spot is insane. Cool video
The pelicans seem like good fishing buddies! It’s astonishing that you’re the only guy there. It was certainly “game on” that day. 😊
I've been following your channel for about a month now and I've noticed two things about the fish you catch. First, they are big. In my area, fish like that have not been seen for 50 years. Second, and the most impressive, the fish are very clean. Even the bass in late summer are so clean. All of that in combination with your enjoyable, laid back style, makes for very enjoyable videos. I bet that you get mistaken for being Canadian when you travel.
North Dakota is basically South Manitoba.
There isn’t a crazy amount of fishing pressure and Pollution is minimal this far north. Our largies are tiny up here though the state record isn’t even 9 pounds.
@@lowspeedhighdrag566I fished South Dakota, I'm from Wisconsin. I was really pretty surprised to go to places that I found as a tourist and not see a bunch of people fishing. It was as though the fish never saw a lure and I was cleaning house with no local knowledge. Great time. I'm going to stop here if I ever have the opportunity.
~ Bruh, tysm!! I was having the hardest time remembering a song title of a song I loved from years ago, I'd been searching for it for several months, then I read your video title and it instantly "clicked", the song is Spillways by Ghost. 😅 ~ And OMG, the teeth on those fish. My step dad was bitten by one once while we were out fishing, he was trying to remove the hook when it got him, and his hand was so bloodied. I was only 8 yrs old at the time and I was the one who caught the monster. Image reeling in a fish to the dock at night and seeing that thing emerge. LoL, I'd never seen anything like that before, so I was terrified of it and didn't wanna fish anymore after that. So, my dad said that I could help with the crab traps. 🤣
I don't fish, nor do I have any interest in fishing, but your videos are chill and your calm demeanor are what keeps me coming back to watch your videos
Awesome fishing day! Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
That is an incredible day... another great video. Thanks for putting in the work and always sharing with us. 🎣🎣🎣
"He's not exactly cooperating". LMAO! Epic, thanks for taking us along.
You definitely know your fish . I love watching you cast and catch all the great fish you have taken . I'm going fishing right now too !
Good luck! We’re getting snowed on today but spring will be here soon!
Your fishing videos are thrilling yet relaxing to watch! You have a unique style of producing fishing videos that separates you from everyone else! Keep producing, and I will be watching and liking 👍
Thank you for your gentleness with them..high quality ethical angler
That sir was the baddest day of muski fishing the world has seen. Can't change my mind. Awesome stuff!
What a day!!! That was absolutely awesome to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Been watching your content for a year or so. What a great day you had there. You are fortunate to have such great waters in your backyard! Tight lines from Alberta!👍
I have been fishing for 68 years, reservoirs, lakes, ponds, streams during that time I can say I have only had two days like the one you had at the spillway, mine involved small mouth and lake trout. I have caught only two small northern pike, never a muskie. You have lit a fire in me to go find me some muskie. Fresh water barracuda, I watched that video 3 times, great job sir. Keep doing what your doing it's great, perfect balance of technical, equipment and skill.
You just made a once-in-a-lifetime memory. Unbelievable. Congratulations.
That really was unbelievable! Thanks for taking us along!
Wow! People go their whole life and will only catch a few musky and here you are crushing it! Nice man, loved the video!
Timing is everything, hit the spillway after a recent flood and those fish were ready to eat! Once in a while the stars align and an unbelievable bite happens. Awesome work. I’ve had a similar experience in Wisconsin. Between my cousin and I we had 12 Muskie caught in a 4-5hr window. Most people give me looks when I tell them the story lol.
Respect for the way you catch musky after musky on MH bass tackle like it’s no big deal. And gratitude for your plugging the 4play - the 5” version gave me my first 60 fish (smallies and pike) day in 2020, and it’s a permanent part of my kit.
That was an absolute amazing fishing session and I definitely enjoyed watching every moment of this awesome episode. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Canada.
Me and my dad love watching your videos together and today is his birthday.
Happy birthday to him!
@@ndyakangler he says, “really? No way! I’m basically the coolest guy in the whole world.”
Right place, right time, right everything. You'll never forget that day,time and place! Great video.
I have always fished for bluegill, crappie, and all kinds of bass, but never, not once have I caught a muskie,pike, or any of the northern specis. A special thanks for giving guys like me a chance to live a day of epic fishing!
i had a glimmer of hope for open water and spring coming, but nope got hit hard with a snow storm. Midwest Life. RIP
Yeah we’re getting hit with a blizzard here in Fargo right now. Most years I’ve had a few kayak trips to the river by now but I’m still waiting for that first 40 degree day this season to go chase some pike.
Some people dream of catching just one muskie in their lifetime here you are catching then left to right
You make me feel like I'm fishing with you! Truly a great time to watch!
Damn, I don't think I've ever seen Pete Mania or Jim Saric ever catch that many muskies in a day! Amazing video!
Love it.... From Nottingham England...🐟
Best single day of fishing I've ever seen. I keep losing the tails on my 8" Savage Perch too! They need to redesign this lure.
Nothing like waking up. Eating breakfast and watching your videos !!!
What an awesome trip out!. Never quit until the fish quit on a bite like this! Great video. Had as much fun watching as you did catching! (Almost) lol Thanks for taking us along. Stay safe!
A lifetime of Muskie in a matter of hours. Sometimes, everything just comes together for a magical day of fishing: the right equipment at the right time in the right location. It can feel a bit greedy on the rare occasion that this happens, but you have to savor it because it doesn't happen that often for most of us. You have to wonder how many more you would have caught if you had more of those swim baits with you. I guess you'll be stocking up on them just in case this ever happens again. Savage Gear should send you an entire case for posting this video.
I was just waiting for anybody else to show up so I could let them have that spot, but it never happened and I kept fishing it until I broke my last lure! I’ll definitely be stocking up on a few more.
Thank you for sharing this day! Epic for sure!!
I'm a simple bank fisherman out here in the Mountain West, so it's a supreme delight to see you hauling in so many fine fish while you cast from the rocks. I know boats and kayaks cover a ton more water, but shore fishin 'aint half bad sometimes. 😃🐟
Hey Matt that was absolutely fabulous brother... Rare few days like that any of us ever get... Awesome job getting it all on film, and sharing it with us all!!! It looks like Savage gear will be getting some business from you soon huh!?🤣🤣🤣
That's an amazing day of fishing. Solid work man thank you for sharing
World pack at the spillway!! 8-9 musky and 3-4 pike? Great day!!
You just caught more Muskie in one day than I have in all my years of fishing. Epic day for sure!
I’ve always liked your video’s! Hope you get to make more on pike/musky
Unreal dude. Insane day of fishing. I'm jealous for sure.
I always enjoy watching you fish below the dam because you always catch at least one monster. Great video today.
You're the Bob Ross of fishing. Awesome day by the way, wow.
That SLX on the Bass X looks reel clean. Also, I am shocked and amazed at how few pike you hooked into this trip. Would love a day full of musky like that.
Yeah I really like the look of that combo! Usually at this spot it’s mostly one or the other, I’ve had days with a pile of pike and no muskie or maybe one if I’m lucky.
@NDYakAngler it really is an excellent combo. you for sure have yourself some serious honey holes over there full of quality fish.
I live in Tennessee and man the last two day’s fishing has been on fire for me! Awesome video brother!
I always loved fishing below the dams in TN and KY....great fishing for sure!
@@stevenfetterman916 I was Douglas dam and caught a bunch of walleye the last two days
I fished below Cordell Hull Dam, Woods Res. Dam, Tim's Ford Dam, and in Ky I fished below Barkley Dam ALOT..... 😂
I like when the big lunkers just waddle off back into the foam
They say muskies are the fish of ten thousand casts, but this guy has caught what 10 in one outing. Incredible!
Not many people can claim an 8 musky day. Let alone in just a couple of hours. Great job, Matt!
Incredible action. I couldn't make myself leave with a day like that
Guys can go years without catching a decent muskie, great job man!
Another excellent fishing trip! Will continue to watch your trips…your delivery is so calm and consistent…very nicely done!
Looks like a great day of fishing a spillway! Love the videos as always. Great narration and a pleasure to listen to while working.
Love the spill way. Kind of a hazard getting down there, but we'll worth it
Ya know,,,,It's so interesting to me that in our part of the country (Minnesota/Wisconsin/Dakotas) there is a show (or two) primarily dedicated to muskie fishing. They sleep in a truck. Have the boat rigged with 4 cameras and 2 handhelds. They sharpen the hooks around the campfire on every bait a pair of 75lb. tackle boxes can hold. Drive around in a $75,000 truck and a $65,000 boat rigged to the teeth. And, oh yeah, probably 15 sponsors offering up everything from mud guards to beer to haircuts to musky lures to custom rods and more. Yup, they catch fish but they also do their very best to depict every step as a painful, almost religious effort. Then, along comes our hero...driving a little pickup truck with a trailer designed to hold a kayak, one rod rigged with an overused bait and a replacement found in the back seat, one camera mounted on his hat...etc. Plus, not a sponsor sticker in sight. The results? He shares with us a few hours of fishing we'd all give an arm to enjoy and lands more nice muskies in 3 hours than the other guys land on a 4 day trip to who knows where while eating Snickers bars from Kwik Trip. For my money, I'll continue to be a hardcore, loyal subscriber to NDYakAngler while enjoying his low key narratives, abilities and tips. I'd rather spend 4 hours with him than 36 hours with the "high-priced" guys. Sorry for such a long comment ladies and gentlemen. Happy fishing!
Super awesome! We’re spending more time on pike fishing this coming year.
Truly and EPIC day of fishing Matt! You have redefined a 'good day of fishing'. Thanks for sharing.
Matt, congrats on the PB^3rd for muskies. Thanks for sharing it with us. We’re all in AWE and my forearms are feeling sympathetic pain. Just curious (me being me) but you and ur friends have fished this side of this same spillway in a couple of postings and you always seem to do well. I am curious why you never approach it from the other side of the river. The lay of the land looks pretty similar. I assume the dam continues to viewer’s right from the rock you are standing on in this video. It just looks like the other side would be ‘pretty fishy’ if it is approachable from land. I wouldn’t want to attempt it from the sea. I can’t quite read the large red sign posted on the concrete wing-wall on the side of the river but it must be a SERIOUS WARNING to stay out. (We all know how most fishermen can’t read). LOL
I wish I could hit this spot from the other side, but that side is off limits to fishing. They have the whole area gated off on the top side, and even if you pull up the kayak downstream and walk up the rocks a friend of mine tried and got kicked out by the game warden.
Love the content
What a great day!! So fun to Watch. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience
“GET OUTTA THE WAY PELICANS. ONI hit that one!” 🤣 I’m just a Wyoming trout fisherman. This is amazing! I’m going to eventually get a lake boat and fish pike and walleye. Going to try for muskie sometime. Really incredible. Scary teeth!
ahhh new video...best youtube fisherman
You do an awesome job releasing them.
What a fine display of fishing 🎣!!! Well done my friend. I bet your arms are burning from catching all those monsters. Back to back to back to back…you definitely found the honey hole. Thank you for sharing. I just started watching your videos about 2 weeks ago. I love you style and your representation as a respectable angler! I will continue to watch and support your channel! Thanks again for what you do!!!
Chapeau 👍 ... as always, you put out the very best fishing-videos on KZhead! I could literally feel your excitement and joy. Keep up that good work!
Man I love spill way fishing you just dont know whats going to hit your tackle. I always use a live target frog when its that shallow works wonders.
I went back the next day and caught several on the Whopper Plopper. Always nice not having to worry about snags on the river!
Hell yeah. Anyone else sleep to these...?
I've re-watched so many videos just for bed time! This guys voice is so calming
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Muskie lunged. We were cleaning out a rearing pond and took what was there and dumped it in just above the dam. We were pretty sure some of them would go down stream. Glad you had fun with 'em and even more glad that you released them for other fishermen to catch later on. We didn't dump any pike or other species in this time out, so those are all on you!
That has got to be some kind of record...fantastic !!! i did enjoy this ,,thanks for sharing
I wish our waters here in Southern ontario weren't so frozen :( I wanna fish so badly
Do yall have ice fishing there
@@user-oo6ms9ok9r we do but a) I'm not really set up for ice fishing b) it's been very mild compared to alot of other years so ice isn't forming well near me, I'd have to go 2-3 hours north unfortunately
I hear ya. Same in Alberta. -20 today with high winds. Open water season can't come fast enough
@@Skoden_lures it’s been warm in manitoba so rivers and most lakes are becoming unsafe - early end to the season this year.
That's the most insane fishing video I've ever seen. My hats off to your skills. Unbelievable.
An absolute banger of a trip out! That oughtta freshen you up!
what i love about your videos is that the title is not clickbait unlike many others
I would definitely sacrifice a pinky finger and swimbait for a day of fishing like that !! Amazing day of fishing
For such a great fishery, I'm surprised the banks aren't lined up with multiple anglers.🤔
I’m lucky that I can get out there during the week when it’s usually quiet. It was packed that first weekend after the flood receded, a few days after I filmed this video. I waited a couple weeks to post a vid but a few other guys posted vids as well, and about a half dozen people posted muskie pics with the dam behind them on local social media pages all on that first weekend. It was packed there for about a month straight after that where even if I got there at first light someone was already posted up in that corner. And people wonder why I hold on to footage and don’t name locations lol.
@@ndyakangler That's smart, bc you know they watch every video. We have one guide in our area who has a KZhead channel, that discloses every hotspot on the Sacramento River. Talking to local anglers, they're not too pleased with the dude. One guy nicknamed him: "Crusty Bob's Guide Service".🥴
@@oldschoolhawking8191 Yeah I try not to make it too easy to find me but there’s plenty of people that know the spots I fish. If I post a video Saturday morning I’m probably not going back to that spot for a week or two because I know there’s gonna be several people fishing it. I had one guy pull up and start chewing me out last year saying I was ruining his river for sportsmen by posting vids and a he’d seen plates from three different states there. I guess out of staters don’t count as sportsmen lol. I’d been on that stretch about a half dozen times already that season and hadn’t seen a single other person out there.
@@ndyakangler That's unbelievable. The only time I ever had somebody comment on where I fish was, we were out on the river and this guy drifted by and said he saw our spot on my YT Channel. He recognized a stump on the beach, then pointed at it.
Amazing shore fishing! Love the videos! Can't wait until spring!
I freaking love the videos I think I've watched ever single one you've ever uploaded been watching for 2 years and they never get old!!
Every fisherman will be talking about the musky massacre of 3/11/23 what a amazing day of fishing 🎣🎣
Awesome video thanks for sharing! Unbelievable day !!!